Oh Panama! Jonas Lie Paints the Panama Canal

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Jonas Lie painted the construction of the Panama Canal in 1913, which for the first time linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans opening trade and travel around the world. To celebrate the expansion of the Panama Canal in spring 2016, the Hudson River Museum brings over a dozen paintings from his original Panama Canal series on loan from theWest Point Museum Collection, United States Military Academy and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other private lenders February 6 – May 8.